I really need to find the cheapest return flights from the Gold coast or Brisbane to either Paris or Netherlands from the 21st of September for 2 weeks. I don't care if it takes 2 days to get there and multiple planes etc I just need to find the cheapest flights available.
Please Please Please Help me, I'm totally lost with all the online sites and connecting flights etc.
Using www.hipmunk.com, from BNE to CDG (Paris) return leaving Sep 21 return Oct 04:
Cheapest was the following at $1572 return:
OUTBOUND (3 flights):
Qantas (QF) 501
6:00am, Sep 21 Brisbane (BNE)
1h 35m
7:35am, Sep 21 Sydney (SYD)
in Coach on a Qantas Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger
Layover: 2h 15m in Sydney
China Southern (CZ) 326
9:50am, Sep 21 Sydney (SYD)
9h 10m
5:00pm, Sep 21 Guangzhou (CAN)
in Coach on a China Southern Airbus Industrie A330-300
Layover: 6h 35m in Guangzhou
Air France (AF) 107
* marketed by China Southern (CZ) 783
11:35pm, Sep 21 Guangzhou (CAN)
12h 25m
6:00am, Sep 22 Paris (CDG)
in Coach on a Air France Boeing 777-200
INBOUND (2 flights):
Air France (AF) 102
* marketed by China Southern (CZ) 784
11:20pm, Oct 4 Paris (CDG)
11h 30m
4:50pm, Oct 5 Guangzhou (CAN)
in Coach on a Air France Boeing 777-200
Layover: 4h 20m in Guangzhou
China Southern (CZ) 381
9:10pm, Oct 5 Guangzhou (CAN)
8h 45m
7:55am, Oct 6 Brisbane (BNE)
in Coach on a China Southern Airbus Industrie A330-300
Actually I just checked the BNE>AMS (Amsterdam) and that was $1545 without the need to fly to Syd on the first leg, that might be better. Hope this helps :)
If you are willing to go one day earlier, Zuji turns up a $1393 fare for BNE-AMS with China Southern. There's an overnight layover in Beijing airport though. :(
Go visit some travel agents. Sometimes they have better deals than what is available online, and if not, then you have lost nothing, and you can just book online.
I also just checked Air Asia flights for those dates for Gold Coast > KL but they don't have any sale fares on then. Sometimes it works out cheaper to book return AUS>KL on Air Asia and then return KL>Europe on an airline like KLM. But not this time :)
Thanks everyone, Should i wait a couple of weeks and see if a deal comes up?
It looks like scoot airlines is $500 return to singapore, any cheap airline from there to europe?
You can get Finnair from SIN>AMS for around $1020 return on those dates so it would still be around the $1500 mark.
Edit: I just saw Air France return from SIN>CDG (Paris) on those dates is $982, and it's a direct flight. So it would take just 2 flights there and 2 flights back if you go through SIN using Scoot - that might be the best option?
Thanks, Is $1500 a good deal?
I would also be interested in this!